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Steve Iverson was drafted into the US Army in 1970 and served in the military police. He served in Vietnam from November 1970 to January 1972 and was based first in Nha Trang and then in Buon Ma Thuot.

Bruce Gross was drafted into the US Army after graduating from college. He scored in the ninety-ninth percentile on his Armed Forces entrance exam, which gave him the opportunity to go into Officer Candidate School. He talks about his time in...

Carmen Negron talks about her early years living in Ponce, Puerto Rico, attending elementary school in New York City, and then returning to her native country to finish her schooling. She also discusses her love for learning, teaching special...

Daniel Lukins enlisted in the US Army in 1966 and was trained in artillery as a forward observer. He served in Vietnam from January 1968 through 1969 and was based at An Khe in the 1st Cavalry Division, and was also in the Battle of Hue.

Doris Judd talks about her early years growing up in the small town of Loa, Utah and her father herding sheep for a living. She describes her tightly knit family who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her parents...

David Jordan decided to enlist in the US Marine Corps after attending his college orientation and deciding he wasn’t ready for school at that point in his life. He talks about being in Vietnam from November 1965 until December 1966 serving at...

Robert Robbins enlisted into the US Army’s Delayed Entry program in 1968. He talks about having an undergraduate degree in science that allowed him to get advanced training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas as a medic and x-ray technician....

Anita Bradford talks about growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles, California, her experiences as a child dealing with the after math of the Depression, attending East Los Angeles Junior College at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, and...

Ray Hill enlisted in the US Air Force in 1968 and served as a jet engine mechanic and as a Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing Spectrum Oil Analysis Program. He served in Vietnam from 1970 through 1971, and...

Linda Makin talks about growing up in Lehi, Utah, attending Utah Technical College at Provo (UTC) and the path that eventually led her to become Utah Valley University’s Chief Planning Budget & Policy officer. She describes meeting her husband,...

Joan Woodbury is a partner with Shirley Ririe in the Ririe- Woodbury Dance Company. In this interview, Ms. Woodbury talks about her childhood near Cedar City, how she developed her love of music and dance, about teaching dance at the University Of...

Hyde Taylor was married with two children, a college student, and in the Army Reserves when financial issues caused him to sign up for two years of active duty that turned into a twenty-four year military career. He talks about his two tours in...

Mary Holiday Black talks about her childhood as the oldest of six children to Teddy and Betty Holiday and being born somewhere along the Arizona and Utah border. She recalls watching her father, a Navajo medicine man perform ceremonies and other...

Patti Harrington was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and shares her experiences living in Denver, Colorado, where she was influenced by her parents in both education and business. She discusses her education at Brigham Young University where she...

Aaron Davis enlisted in the US Marines and was stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, from July 1972 to May 1976. He reenlisted in the Army and was stationed at Mannheim and Kaiserslautern, Germany, and was released in 1986.

Luz Robles gives a life sketch of herself, including her growing up years in several cities in the northern part of Mexico—Torreo and Durango and Tijuana—and crossing the border to attend school in San Diego, CA. She describes her family life, the...

Levi S. Peterson is an emeritus professor of English from Weber State University. He is the biographer of Juanita Brooks. Levi discusses in detail Juanita's life as a Utah historian and archivist. He shares her contributions to Utah...